2g Entry Fee

• Deferred payments for 2G spectrum may get government minimal revenue

  The government's net revenue from the just concluded 2G spectrum auction may be only a few hundred crore of rupees after adjusting the entry fee already paid by operators in 2008 for licences that were later cancelled.

• 2G scam: BJP demands PM's explanation on 36,000-crore license fee suggestion

  The head of the joint parliamentary committee that's probing the 2G spectrum scam has told NDTV that it's not the responsibility of the Prime Minister to fix the spectrum entry fee for players wanting 2G telecom licences. That's the job of the Telecom Regulator and the Telecom Ministry, JPC chief PC Chacko has said.

• Ministers decide one-time spectrum fee will apply for telecom firms

  A group of ministers in charge of recommending the cost of spectrum to the cabinet has taken a call today to charge telecoms a one-time entry fee against their existing mobile network 2G licenses.

• Ministers decide one-time spectrum fee will apply for telecoms

  A group of ministers in charge of recommending the cost of spectrum to the cabinet has taken a call today to charge telecoms a one-time entry fee against their existing mobile network 2G licenses.

• 2G: Ex-cabinet secretary says he wrote to PM recommending entry fee of Rs 36,000 crore

  Even as the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) looking into the 2G scam battled over calling P Chidambaram to depose and the BJP again staying away in protest, the cabinet secretary at the time of scam K M Chandrasekhar made some critical revelations.

• Defer 2G entry fee: Attorney General to Govt

  Attorney General GE Vahanvati has advised the government to defer a Cabinet proposal to make it compulsory for all telecom operators to match the auction-determined price for their existing 2G airwaves for the remaining period of their licences.

• Won't ask govt to put on hold decision on 2G entry fee: House panel

  Despite demands from some of its members, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on telecom will not ask the government to put on hold any decision on Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommendation on 2G spectrum auction till it forms an opinion on the issue.